The makeshift weapons of the Free Syria Army

The US is providing Syrian rebels with "non leathal" equipment support, but the Free Syria Army really wants modern weaponry.

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Free Syrian Army fighters sit in a house on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. During two weeks with rebels in northern Syria, three Associated Press journalists found more than 20 rebel groups who often destroy government army posts and convoys but lack the weapons and unity to do more than gradually chip away at the regime of President Bashar Assad — a recipe for a long, bloody insurgency.

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Free Syrian Army fighters sit in a house on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. During two weeks with rebels in northern Syria, three Associated Press journalists found more than 20 rebel groups who often destroy government army posts and convoys but lack the weapons and unity to do more than gradually chip away at the regime of President Bashar Assad — a recipe for a long, bloody insurgency.